Friendship's the wine of life.
Affliction is the good man's shining scene; prosperity conceals his brightest ray; as night to stars, woe lustre gives to man.
Less base the fear of death than fear of life.
Where boasting ends, there dignity begins.
Who gives an empire, by the gift defeats All end of giving; and procures contempt Instead of gratitude.
The person of wisdom is the person of years.